Street Scenes

So, it turns out that my digital camera doesn't take very clear videos. This is just an ordinary Sunday afternoon. The traffic is fairly light and the weather is pleasant. Notice the construction work going on in the middle of it all. No one pays any attention, since this is going on all the time everywhere. There are no barriers or flagging or safety equipment of any kind. It's hard to imagine what could be considered a public safety hazard here.

I'm a little behind, so here are a few random street scenes:



The is one of the squatting bike repairmen that are on almost every street, usually near large bike parking areas. The bikes here range from ancient to old to relatively new. Most of them are in relatively poor repair, although occasionally you see a shiny bike the looks like it's straight out of the 50s, usually being ridden by someone in their 60s, probably the original owner.



This is a more stationary version of the same thing. Notice how orderly the shop isn't. Very typical.


Hopefully, none of these birds have the flu...



There are many street sweepers in China. Thus, the streets can be fairly clean despite constant littering. In this area, they use a really colorful broom. I haven't seen these in any other province in China. They are made of used shredded plastic bags tied to a grass and bamboo frame. I've seen them repairing them on the side of the road. A very interesting handicraft.



Another broom: